Choose a Damper: How to Find the Right One

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Lets assume a simple situation where there is a spring and a damper connected in parallel.
We place some weight above them and begin the vibrations.
The equation will then be:

Mx'' = -kx -cx' -Mg
So, I want to find a damper with a certain coeffitient c.
I mean, that I want to find a real damper, that will fit that equation with the c parameter.
I just fix a value of c = const, which satisfies me, and the I want to test my system with a real damper. The problem is that I can't find the needed specification in all specifications of dampers I've looked at, I want to see something like this:
The linear damper has the parameter c = some constant. Or something like that.
Instead of it I see many other parameter. Can anybody help me to find out how to resolve my problem? Or I also would like, if possible to get the damper force F from that specifications, but I can;t see it also. In the equation the damper force will be F = -cx'
 
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Sorry, you have to be more specific.
yerzhikus said:
... I want to see something like this:
yerzhikus said:
... Or something like that.
yerzhikus said:
... Instead of it I see many other parameter.
All of the above are too vague for us to understand what your problem is and how we can help you with it.